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emerson

/ˈɛmɚ.sən/

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What does emerson mean?

proper noun

  1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. Ralph Waldo Emerson, American writer.
More meanings (6)

proper noun

  1. A city in Georgia, Bartow County, United States.
  2. A city in Mills County, Iowa.
  3. A town in Manitoba.
  4. A village in Nebraska.
  5. A borough in Bergen County, New Jersey.
  6. (rare) A female given name transferred from the surname.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈɛmɚ.sən/

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Some of them, like Emerson, not only believed that flight would come, but also stated why it had not arrived.
William J. ClaxtonThe mastery of the airProject Gutenberg ebook #777
We have learned the simple truth, as Emerson said, that "The only way to have a friend is to be one."
United States. PresidentsUnited States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches: From Washington to George W. BushProject Gutenberg ebook #925
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The stammerer, then, to paraphrase Emerson, should "Write it on his heart that TODAY is the very best day in the year."
Benjamin Nathaniel BogueStammering, its cause and cureProject Gutenberg ebook #4256
Nature is full of freaks, and now puts an old head on young shoulders, and then a young heart beating under fourscore winters.--Emerson.
Alexander Francis ChamberlainThe Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-DayProject Gutenberg ebook #7966
Besides his essays and lectures Emerson left some poetry in which is embodied those thoughts which were to him too deep for prose expression.
Ralph Waldo EmersonEssays by Ralph Waldo EmersonProject Gutenberg ebook #16643